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NITED STATES PATENT ()rrion.

JOHN RYLE, OF PATERSON, NEWV JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR SINGEING FABRICS.

SJFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,474, dated January19, 1886.

Application filed July 2, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN RYLE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Paterson, Passaic county, State ofNew Jersey, haveinvented a new anduseful Improvement in Machines for Singeing Ribbons and other Fabrics,of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and a reliablemeans for the removal of fuzz, loose and straggling films from ribbonsor other fabrics. This object I attain by the construction shown, whichwill be fully explained and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings shows one side of my invention in elevation, aportion only of the tube and legs of the frame being shown. Fig. 2 is aplan of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of some of the parts shownin Figs. 1 and 2, in which figures the devices are in the positionoccupied by them when employed; and Fig. 4 shows the parts shown in Fig.3, the devices in such figure occupying the position occupied by themwhen unemployed.

H represents a singeing-frame, having arranged centrally thereon aslide-bar, n. The outer top portions or sides of the bar a have a rabbetformed therein to accommodate pro- 0 jecting portions of guides n, whichprojecting portions of said guides n are adapted to fit the rabbetformed in the slide-bar nZto guide said bar to and from its positionunder the ribbon in the operation of singeing.

To the top of the slide-barn is arrangedand secured suitably a metaltube, a, in which tube is arranged a series of burners, n", on each sideof which burners is secured in the bar a a shield, of, which shields aremade slightly higher than the burners to shield the flame from the airin the singeing operation. The tube it connects with a tube, a and bymeans of a valve, n, with a flexible tube, a.

At a suitable distance from the slide-bar n are arranged standards e-one on each side of the frames-in which standards is journaled aroller, d, and at a like distance on the opposite side of the slide-barare secured standards e--one on each side of the frame-in whichstandards is journaled a roller, 01".

On the front end of the singeing-frame there Serial Na l-36,608. (Nomodel.)

are arranged and secured standards lc-oue on each side of said frameinwhich standards is journaled a reel, B, having a handle, B to operatesaid reel, while the opposite end of the reel-shaft is provided withafriction-wheel, L, the periphery of which wheel is suitably grooved toaccommodate a band, L, the free end of which band has a weight, L Theband, which passes over and partly around said wheel L, is secured atits opposite end to the frame A, and acts to keep a suitable tension onthe said reel B. The opposite end of the frame A has arranged thereonstandards h and h, in which standards isjournaled and supported a reel,E, the shaft of which is provided with pulleys D, one of which pulleysis loose and the other fixed, a portion of the reel-shaft being squareto accommodate the reel,which has a square opening running through it.This construction of the reel E and its shaft, while it secures the reelto its shaft for rotating purposes also admits of the reels removal fromits shaft at pleasure.

To the top of the slide-bar a is pivoted on a pivot, a one end of aconnerting'link, a". The opposite end of said link is pivoted, by apivot, n", to the inner end of a shifting-lever, P, said lever havingarranged in its outerend gnide-pins P one on each side of the belt Z.The said lever P is pivoted on a pivot-stud, P, which stud is secured inthe frame H.

The operation is as follows: The ribbon to be singed is wound on thereel B by means of the handle B by which the reel is turned. The end ofthe ribbon is taken from the reel B forward to and under the roller 01,and forward over the slide-bar a, and from thence under the roller 01 tothe reel E, to which the ribbon R is secured. The loose pulley on thereel-shaft having been put in motion by the belt Z, and the devicesbeing in the position shown in Fig. 4, the burners n are next lighted,the valve '12 having been turned therefor, after which the slide-bar nis drawn under the ribbon R, which action, by means of the link a",draws inward the inner end of the lever P, and by such action moves thelever on its pivot P, throwing the guide-pins P in the direction of thefixed pulley, carrying the belt Z from off its loose pulley to its fixedpulley D, starting thus the reel E and the unwinding of the ribbon Rfrom the reel B. The moving of the flame 0 under the ribbon R and therotating of the reel having been simultaneously effected in the mannerstated, the draft upon the ribbon R from the reel E,While unwinding saidribbon from the reel B, carries the said ribbon over the burners a,Where the ribbon is subjected to the action of the flame 0 while passingover the same, which singes off all fuzz, loose and straggling filmstherefrom. After being singed the ribbon R is wound upon the reel B. Asthe singeing proceeds, and the unwinding of the unsinged ribbon from offthe reel 13 and the winding of the singed ribbon on the reel E iscontinued, and the reel E becomes filled with the singed fabric, and isto be removed from its shaft, at which time the devices occupy theposition shown in Fig. 3, the slide-bar n is pushed from under theribbon R in the direction of the lever P, which action, by means of linkit, turns the lever p, and forces the shifting-pins P in thedireetion ofthe loose pulley D, carrying the belt Z from its fixed pulley to itsloose pulley D, stopping thus the reel E and the unwinding of the ribbon from the reel B. The removal of the illuminating-gas flame 0 fromunder the ribbon R and the stopping of the reel E having beensimultaneously effected in the manner stated, the reel E may be drawnfrom off its shaft and a duplicate reel placed thereon to continue thesingeing.

'Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatentlhe combinatiomwith thesupporting-frame H, of the slide-bar n onsaid frame, pipes a, burners n, pipe n", valve n, shields a asdescribed, the flexible supply-tube n. the guides 1f, the link a foroperating lever P, the lever P, pivot P, and guide-pins P, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN RYLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. MoCoLLoM, GEORGE BENZ.

